Banjo Daug chord (Sawmill)D augmented on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 2 4, and 5 more shapes

Daug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 0 3 2 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Daug (D augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 0 3 2 4, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 3 2 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, middle finger, A♯
  3. String 2 (C): 2nd fret, index finger, D
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: D A♯ D F♯  ·  Daug is D, F♯, A♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Daug shapes

  1. 321gF♯A♯DD4 3 2 0
    open
  2. 3214gF♯A♯DF♯4 3 2 4
    at the nut
  3. 6fr213gDDF♯A♯0 7 6 8
    6fr
  4. 8fr431gDF♯A♯A♯0 11 10 8
    8fr
  5. 10fr3214gDF♯A♯D12 11 10 12
    10fr

Other D chords in Sawmill

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Daug in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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